Improvement in metallic ties for cotton-bales



UNITED STATES,

ATENT. Fries.

FREDERIC cOOK, Orl NEW OnLn'ANs, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVVYMENT IN METALLIC TIES FOR COTTON-BALES.

Spec-ili'eation forming' part of Letters Patent No.' ISL/190. dated March-r2, H58.

To a/Z whom, it may concern:

i Be it known that LFREDERIO COOK, of the city of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, State ofLouisiana,'have made a new and useful Iniproveme'nt in Iron Ties or Hoops for ,Fasteir ing Cotton Bales and other Packages; and AI hereby declare the* following is a full andv exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompan'yingdrawings, andthe` let-ters of 4reference lmarked thereon, making apart 'of this spec-iiieation,the same letters beiug used to'designate the same parts shown.

either malleable i-ronor sheetxiron, and in latht-er case formed in dies also, the manner of attaching the ends ofthe iron ties B B to it, which is done by looping them into the clasp,`as shown at lligs. 4 and 5,V which represent two views of the tie' ends where they are fastened to the clasp, Fig. tbeing a section, and Fig. 5 an outside View..

The extreme ends of the ties or hoops are thrust underneath the portion of the buckle marked C C, as shown at Fig. at. The effect thereof is that when the strain comes on the hoop by the relaxation ofthe press containing the bale the greater the strain the tighter. the

ends are held by the friction of the part of the hoop D, Fig. 4, against the ends E, which are pressed tightly against the portion of the buckle marked C, for the portions ofthe clasp marked F, which holdthe two looped ends rnotbeing in the direct line of the hoop, but off to one side, the tendency of the hoop or tie, when strained, is to pinch up hard against the ends E, and thereby hold them tightly against the parts of the. buckle C. l

The ties may ne furnished ready for use with one end fixed in thebuckle, and the other end being passed around the bale is put through the buckle. Being brought through long enough-say vten or twelve inches-it .can be bent over by hand and thrust under' the part of buckle, as before described. rlhen when the strain comes on the hoop by the relaxing Of the press, it is drawn perfectly tight, and.

the friction on the ends of ties, where they come in contact with C on the buckle, prevents them when not cut through by a slot.

slipping. .By this kind of buckle very light iron may be used for the hoops, because only suiiicient strength is'required to resist the strain of the bale, there being no strengthl of the iron taken away by anyperforation or cutting, while by diminishing the strength would cause heavier wire to be used. p

No previous.preparation of the hoop-iron is required, except cutting voff to the required lengths, and the iron used may be such as can be easily bent by hand.

If the cotton-bale has lto be pressed a second time for'shipment to foreign ports after leaving the plantation, so as to stow away into ships in smaller compass, this invention is es pecially valuable, for then one end of the hoop is cut off near the buckle, the looped end withdrawn from it, and when the bale is repressed into' asmaller compass the fresh end-of the tie is put' into the buckle again, and, being bent' over, is'th rust under the'place in buckle, as before. The' expansion of thebale again draws the hoop tight when the pressing-power is removed.

My invention also embraces the buckle, either with solid bars across, as before de.- scribed, or one of the end bars having a slot cut through, as shown on drawing dated October the 5th, 1857, and signed by me October the 10th, 18.57. Y

This part of ni Y invention consists in the cutting of a slot, H, through the bar I of the buckle or clasp K, under which bar the end ofthe tie or hoop is pushed 'or slipped sidewise easily by hand. After the tic is drawn .tight through the Iclasp and bent over, it is slipped underneath the bar I sidewise through the slot H. rThe hole (through clasp) marked L is made longer than the other two holes, for the purpose of pushing the end of the tie enough to one side after it is through the slot H to get it under the bar I'. when it is all under, it can then be brought, again in line with the rest of the tic into the center ofthe clasp. rlhis slot -enables' the tie to be fastened much quicker `and more easily than by pushing the end of tie endwise under the bar I The slack in the tie when around the bale, before the press is relaxed, can also betaken up and held betterby the buckle with ajslot in it, for the tie can be bent short over the part of clasp or buckle marked M, where it is looped and put under the bar I sidewise, as described, instead of endwise.

`What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Thev friction clasp or buckle for attaching 111e ends of iron ties or hoops for fastening cotton-bales and other packages, so` that the tiesare prevented slipping by the friet-ion against it certain portion of the buckle.

`2. The looping of the ends of iron ties or hoops for bales :into a buckle, by the form of which they I.ire prevented slipping by friction when the strain of they expansion of the bale 

